On Wednesday, commissioner Roger Goodell finally held a press conference to be grilled about certain things that the football world wanted to know. Among the many questions about the NFC Championship game, was a question about why former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick was not on an NFL roster.
He essentially did the 2-step around the question.
Via TMZ:
“Our clubs are the ones who make decisions on players that they wanna have on their roster,” Goodell said.
“They make that individually. They make that in the best interests of their team.”
He added, “They all want to win … and they all will do whatever they can to win.”
When a second reporter pushed Goodell on the issue he reiterated his points.
“I think if a team decides Colin can help their team win, that’s what they’ll do.”
“They want to win and they make those decisions individually in the best interests of their club.”
On Thursday, Colin Kaepernick’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, went on the TODAY show and blasted Goodell for his comments.
“Anybody who believes that will believe that Mark Sanchez was a better choice,” Geragos said … noting several other QBs who are “well past their prime” were also signed this season.
Geragos also asked why NFL teams did NOT give Kap a workout in 2018 — “Why didn’t anybody ever bring him in and see where his skills were at? I think the whole thing is basically a ruse.”
Geragos believes Goodell’s statement will help Kap’s collusion case against the NFL — saying, “The collusion actually was the NFL kowtowing to [President Trump].”
He also says … “There isn’t anybody who’s got a couple of neurons firing that wouldn’t say this is collusive activity.”
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The Washington Redskins signed Mark Sanchez towards the end of the season after Alex Smith and back-up QB Colt McCoy both went down with broken legs. He played horribly and was benched for a guy who hadn’t thrown a pass in the regular season since 2011.
It should also be noted that Nathan Peterman, who loved throwing interceptions to the opposing team, was cut by the Buffalo Bills and then signed with another team before Colin Kaepernick.
